Village of CooperstownTo Receive $4.5 Million COOPERSTOWN—During a press conference held earlier today at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, it was announced that the Village of Cooperstown will receive $4.5 million, and the Villages of Sharon Springs and Dolgeville will each receive $2.25 million in funding, as the Mohawk Valley winners of the first round of NY Forward. Building on the momentum of the state’s successful Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the $100 million NY Forward program adopts the…
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In Memoriam Jeffrey Alan Lattner, 52 1971-2023 MOUNT LEBANON, PA—Jeffrey Alan Lattner, 52, passed away February 23, 2023 in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Jeff was born to Roger and Judy Lattner in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Denver, where his life-long passion for the mountains began. He moved to Boulder where he met his future wife, Joanne, at 22 years old. Their shared love for snowboarding grew as they moved to Breckenridge to spend more time on the mountain. Joanne…
News from the Noteworthy DDAM Promotes Inclusivity,Equitable Workforce Every year in March, we take time throughout the month to recognize people with developmental disabilities as members of our community, coworkers, family and friends for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Developmental disabilities can occur at birth or become present over the development age and can include autism and ADHD, cerebral palsy, learning, language, and intellectual disabilities. You may know or work with someone who has a developmental disability. Today, we live in…
Letter from Jim Howarth Lake AssociationHas HAB Update A recent article in “The Freeman’s Journal” asked, “Do Blooms Also Like It Cold?’’ and comments questioned what is being done to address our harmful algal blooms—HABs. The answer is, a lot. We consider Otsego Lake to be unique—and in many ways it is. But one of the ways it is not unique is its susceptibility to HABs. Hundreds of bodies of water in the Northeast have experienced HABs recently. The causes…
Letter from James L. Northrup Permit Should Be Denied 40 Lake Street is one of the oldest houses in the Village of Cooperstown, in one of the most prominent single-family locations. It is probably the worst candidate in the historic heart of the village to be turned into a short term rental property. The house and location are simply not suited for short-term rental, which, in this instance, would amount to a form of house and neighborhood abuse. The village…
Letter from Bryan LoRusso Rebuttal to County EMS Program Stance I have been following the movements of the Board of Representatives and the 911 director over the last two years in regard to the county’s paid EMS program that the constituents of Otsego County never approved. After reading last week’s article on AllOtsego.com, I have many thoughts to share and questions to be answered. The Board of Representatives, including prior members, has never aggressively helped fire/EMS volunteerism in Otsego County.…
Citizen Science No. 2 by Jamie Zvirzdin False Alarms in Science and the Media: Examining Cause and Effect When we moved into a house in 2018, I was delighted by the 1970s appliances that came with it, particularly a gas stove. Not only did it have an enormous oven underneath the range, but also a smaller oven hanging above. Two ovens and a gas range! What luxury! Alas, the gas stove has since struggled and the one remaining oven that…
Salamacha: An Open Letterto Cooperstown Center The Cooperstown Center Family Council would like to express our concerns over the unfortunate decision by corporate to cut two full-time nurses simply because of their cost compared to other agency nurses. The two nurses had worked for five and six years, respectively. They were highly skilled, fully qualified for all nursing positions and very quick to work extra shifts.…
Bound Volumes March 2, 2023 210 YEARS AGOMarine Prizes – At New York, British ship Rio Nouva, from London for St. Kitts and Antigua, with a valuable cargo of dry goods; prize to the Rolla, of Baltimore; taken after an action of 20 minutes, in which no lives were lost. The prize is a London-built ship, nearly 400 tons, coppered, not 3 years old – mounts 14 guns, and had 25 men. At Portland, British ship Ralph, and British brig…
Hometown History March 2, 2023 110 Years AgoResident Manager Roberts of the Oneonta Theatre has closed a contract with C.C. Miller for a thorough rewiring of the theatre and the removal of all the lighting fixtures now in use in that playhouse, and the installation in replacement of complete and modern equipment that will be up to the minute. The new wiring will conform to the highest standards of safety and of the underwriters and will make the house doubly…
